pudicitia
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pudicitia (uncountable)
- (historical) The Ancient Roman concept of sexual virtue, involving modesty and loyalty to one's partner.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pudīcus (“chaste; modest, shamefaced”) + -itia, from pudet (“it shames”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pu.diːˈki.ti.a/, [pʊd̪iːˈkɪt̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pu.diˈt͡ʃit.t͡si.a/, [pud̪iˈt͡ʃit̪ː͡s̪iä]
Noun
[edit]pudīcitia f (genitive pudīcitiae); first declension
- chastity, virtue; shamefacedness, modesty
- Synonym: castitās
- Antonym: impudīcitia
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pudīcitia | pudīcitiae |
genitive | pudīcitiae | pudīcitiārum |
dative | pudīcitiae | pudīcitiīs |
accusative | pudīcitiam | pudīcitiās |
ablative | pudīcitiā | pudīcitiīs |
vocative | pudīcitia | pudīcitiae |
Related terms
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “pudicitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pudicitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pudicitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pudicitia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pudicitia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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